At AGORA 2026, DRC links access to electricity, education and jobs
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Zoom Eco
At the AGORA 2026 conference, held on 26 and 27 October in Palermo, Congolese Education Minister Raïssa Malu Dinanga advocated linking access to electricity, training and job creation. The approach is part of Mission 300 and aims to turn energy investment into economic and social opportunities, according to Zoom Eco.
The DRC’s Minister of State for National Education, Raïssa Malu Dinanga, advocated linking access to electricity, training and job creation in Palermo at the AGORA 2026 conference, according to Zoom Eco. She presented education as a necessary investment to turn electrification into productive activities and economic and social benefits for the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The Africa Growth and Opportunity: Research in Action conference, held on 26 and 27 October in Italy as part of Mission 300, brought together political leaders, private-sector representatives and researchers to discuss skills, employment and entrepreneurship in Africa. Raïssa Malu took part in a high-level ministerial panel.
Her remarks come amid energy projects in the DRC, including preparations with Washington to finance the Grand Inga dam, mentioned on 26 October. On 5 October, the minister also called for education to be adapted to digital technology in an appeal to adapt education to digital technology.
